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The ''1963 Western North Carolina 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on August 11, 1969 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. ==Summary== The race took three hours and thirteen minutes to successfully complete.〔 Fred Lorenzen won the race with an average speed of and defeated Richard Petty by outlapping him once.〔 Five hundred laps were done on an oval track spanning in front of 14500 live spectators.〔 Total winnings for this race were $13,765 ($ when adjusted for inflation) while Lorenzen walked away as the biggest cash earner with a $2,550 paycheck ($ when adjusted for inflation). Possum Jones (the last place finisher) came home from the race with a meager $150 ($ when adjusted for inflation) as a result of only completely eight laps of the race due to a fuel leak.〔 A balanced mixture of Ford vehicles in addition to vehicles from the Plymouth, Dodge and Chevrolet brands kept the race interesting for people who were looking to buy a new automobile during the early 1960s. Chrysler's lone entry was with driver Major Melton who had to leave the race after 324 laps due to problem with his grease seal. A lot of the team owners in the race were wealthy individuals who had the money to cope with the constant travelling expenses that was expected in a NASCAR season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1963 Western North Carolina 500 team information )〕 Tommy Irwin would never race in a NASCAR Cup Series race after this one due to his lackluster performance. Constant vibrations in his vehicles forced him off the track after 264 laps; Stewart McKinney was his faithful crew chief.〔 McKinney's crew chief career only lasted throughout 1963 with six good finishes for his stable of five NASCAR drivers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1963 Stewart McKinney NASCAR Grand National statistics )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1963 Western North Carolina 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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